“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“We live and breathe words. …. It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt–I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted–and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”

“What’s meant to be will always find a way”

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

“If you’re reading this…
Congratulations, you’re alive.
If that’s not something to smile about,
then I don’t know what is.”

“Always do what you are afraid to do.”

“I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”